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τίφη

tiphe

[f

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What it meant

1. τίφη · tiphē — Beekes

τίφη [f.] 1. ‘close-grained wheat, einkorn, Triticum monococcum (Arist. Thphr.,, etc.). 2. name of an insect = σίλφη, τίλφη (Poll. Phryn., Ael.). 3. mg. unclear in Ar. (Ach. 920, 925), acc. to sch. Rav. ad loc. and Suid. s.v. θρναλλίς = σίλφη. <1. ? 2. PG? 3. ὃ» *DER τίφινος [adj.] ‘belonging to the einkorn’ (Gal., Orib.). *ETYM 1. and 3. unknown. On 2., see Fur.: 167, 249, 261: Pre-Greek assibilation, thus from *f. … — [Beekes, s.v. τίφη, p. 1540]

2. τίφη · tiphē — Chantraine

τίφη : f. «engrain, Trilicum monococcum ν (Arist., Thphr., etc.), cf. Jasny, The Wheats of classical Antiquity 109 ; chez Ar. Ach. 920, 925, le mot paraît désigner le chaume de cette plante; d’où τίφινος « d’engrain » (Gal., Orib.) ; le mot est parfois confondu avec le nom d’insecte σίλφη, τίλφη, voir s.u. σίλφη. Et.: Pas d’étymologie. — [Chantraine, s.v. τίφη, p. 1142]

3. τίφη · tiphē — LSJ

one-grained wheat, einkorn, Triticum monococcum

one-grained wheat, einkorn, Triticum monococcum, Arist. HA 603b26 (pl.), Thphr. HP 1.6.5, 8.1.1 (pl.), al., Diocl. Fr. 113 (pl.), Gal. 6.791, Plin. HN 18.93; wrongly glossed by ὄλυρα, Hsch.

II

a kind of beetle, Ar. Ach. 920, 925 (cf. Sch.Rav.ad loc., Suid. s.v. θρυαλλίς).

2

= σίλφη I, Poll. 7.19, Phryn. 268 (Lobeck for τίλφη, confirmed by cod. Laur.), Ael. NA 8.13. (The quantity of ι is doubtful; pl. τίφαι is written in Thphr. HP 8.1.1, Diocl. l.c., dat. τιφαῖς Arist. l.c. (v.l. στιφαῖς).)

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